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Officer tells inquiry he believes police were the intended target of Omagh bomb

The Real IRA most likely set out to murder police when they left a massive car bomb in the centre of Omagh in 1998, an officer has told a public inquiry. Norman Haslett told the Omagh Bombing Inquiry that while the bomb killed 29 civilians, ...

18 Feb 2025 at 17:56

Northern Ireland

Fifty years of questions go on for families of Dublin and Monaghan bomb attack

The daughter of one of the victims of a bomb attack in Co Monaghan has said that despite 50 years since the blast, they are still searching for answers. Sharon Askin was just two years old when her father Paddy was killed in the bomb in ...

16 May 2024 at 11:00

National News

British officers coerced murder confessions from Derry Four - NI's Police Ombudsman

RUC officers unfairly obtained confessions from four young men who were wrongly accused of murdering a British soldier, an investigation by Northern Ireland's Police Ombudsman has found. Gerry McGowan, Michael Toner, Stephen Crumlish ...

10 Jun 2022 at 17:06

Northern Ireland

Former RUC officer to be prosecuted for murder after ombudsman probe

A former RUC officer is to be prosecuted for murder and conspiracy to murder following an investigation by the Police Ombudsman in Northern Ireland. Ombudsman Marie Anderson confirmed the prosecution following her legacy ...

13 Mar 2025 at 13:11

Northern Ireland

Injured officer tells of efforts to help victims in Omagh bomb devastation

A police officer injured in the Omagh bombing has described how he tried to help victims in the scenes of devastation which followed the explosion. Allan Palmer, an RUC constable in 1998, told the Omagh Bombing Inquiry ...

18 Feb 2025 at 12:17

Northern Ireland

Police felt ‘guilty and responsible’ for evacuating people closer to Omagh bomb

The police commander in Omagh on the day the town was bombed has said many of his officers felt “guilty and responsible” that they had evacuated members of the public towards the explosive device. Retired ...

18 Feb 2025 at 18:33

Northern Ireland

Service marks 40 years since IRA attack in Newry killed nine RUC officers

A memorial service to remember nine RUC officers killed in an IRA attack on a police station in Newry 40 years ago has taken place in the city. Bereaved families and survivors took part in the event in ...

02 Mar 2025 at 16:17

National News

Three arrested in connection with 1975 murder of RUC officer

Three people have been arrested in connection with an investigation into the murder of a policeman and the attempted murder of another in 1975. The trio were detained in relation to the murder of RUC ...

12 Jun 2024 at 10:51

Northern Ireland

New NI police force ‘needed face-saving name’ for Trimble – records

A new name for a Northern Ireland police force that would supersede the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) needed to be “face saving” for David Trimble, according to newly released files. State Papers ...

27 Dec 2023 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

Irish ‘liked to roll pitch in their favour’ in intergovernmental conferences

The Irish government liked to “roll the pitch in favour of their own team” in intergovernmental conferences with the UK, a senior Northern Ireland Office (NIO) official said in 1998. Declassified ...

24 Aug 2023 at 00:01

National News

Policeman's widow accuses RUC of failing to protect her murdered husband

A policeman’s widow who believes rogue colleagues colluded in his murder has accused the RUC of failing to protect him and abandoning her family. Sergeant Joseph Campbell was shot dead outside ...

23 Mar 2023 at 17:06

Northern Ireland

Kingsmill inquest ‘a painful and frustrating process for victims’ families’

A long-running inquest into the Troubles deaths of 10 Protestant workmen murdered by the IRA at Kingsmill in 1976 has been a “painful and frustrating process” for the victims’ families, the ...

31 Mar 2023 at 13:39

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